A DECLARATION Against all PROFESSION AND PROFESSORS THAT Have not the Life of what they Profess, from the Righteous seed of God; whom the World, Priests, and People, scornfully calls QUAKERS, Who are in that Life that the holy Men of God were in, and witness that power that made them to Tremble and quake, and shook the earth, and threw it down; which the World, Priests, People, and Professors, having the words declared from this power and life, but not it, scoffs and scorns at, but this is our Riches.  
London, Printed for Giles Calvert at the Black-spread Eagle at the west end of Paul's, 1655.   

A Declaration against all Profession and Professors that have not the life of what they do Profess, from the righteous seed of God whom the world, Priests and People scornfully calls Quakers, who are in that life that the holy men of God were in, and witness that power that made them to tremble, and Quake, and Shaken the Earth and threw it down, which the World, Priests, People and Professors, having the words declared from this power and life but not it, scorns at, but this is our riches.  
THe word of the living God to fly abroad to the light of Christ in all consciences, that with it the word may be witnessed, and their minds may be guided up to God and kept up to Christ, and it loved, in which light is unity, that all that which is contrary to this light may with it be hewn down, judged down and condemned.  
All whose minds turn from this light into the earth, into the lust, into the cursed speaking, into the presumption and raunting; all such ranters with the light which is eternal do we judge and condemn eternally, for with the light they are condemned from God, and all their beggarly lusts, in which light we have unity, which light doth not change, and with it all such Ranters and raunting must be limited, bound and chained, and for judgement, and with the eternal to be brought under.  
And all their great swelling words, and all their boasting of their communion with God and Christ; when their communion is with darkness, and they themselves the servants of corruption, with that which is pure and eternal, they are seen and judged, and all their Imagined liberty, which they are got into, which ariseth out of the earthly part: by the light they are seen, that they have slain the witnesses which declared against all unrighteousness; and now their understandings are darkened, and the eye put out, and the savour lost; and now they call all things one; light, and darkness one; and now their glory is to commit sin with greediness: and saith they are redeemed into liberty: with the Invisible eye of the Lord, they are seen and condemned by the light: and now their wills is at liberty, speaks, acts, and thinks, and the Son of perdition is head, and now their Airy minds are puffed up, and dreams of a power to come, but have slighted the day of their visitation, and hath turned the grace of God into wantonness; and trampled under foot the blood of the Son of God, and so are all condemned by all the Children of the light: and all their filthy practices we deny: and they must be trodden in the winepress of the wrath of God, without the City, as a just recompense of their reward, who blaspheme and causes to be blasphemed, the name of the living God; but the eternal power of the living God, which is made manifest in the children of light, hath seen and do see them and judge them by that which everlasting, that they shall go into utter darkness and down into the pit with all the uncircumcised.  
And all such that turn from the light which is eternal, and doth not change into the earth, into the lust, and their earthly ends, who would Level others, Levelling with their earthly nature, and speaking of the things of God through the lusts of the flesh, with the eternal light are all such actions and practices condemned; and who go under a colour of Levelling we deny, which are for the earth, and which is to draw people's minds into the earth, with the light and power which brings out of the earth, do we all them and that deny, but that which overturnes the earth, and bringeth out of it we own, and in it we have unity, which brings into the right order all the creation, and the right use of all the creatures, throweh down the Mountains, and exalteth the valleys, raiseth up the just and throweth down the unjust, but that which would have ease and filthiness, and draws from the light which is pure, which will keep all diligent to serve God, and to level the filthy nature and judge it down, we deny, and them that stain the earth and cumbers the ground with the eternal light which brings the mind up out of the earth into oneness in the light, we judge and comprehend; and here is the cross of Christ to keep the mind out of the earth up to God, with the light of God and with the light to see it is the Lords, and with it to receive wisdom from God to labour, and to order and rule in he earth, this we own, this we honour and set up in our souls, which lays low, and throws down and condemns and judges all filthiness, beastliness, and the liberty in the flesh, for who, witness the power of the Lord and the light of God it throws down that nature among them whom the world scornfully calls Quakers; But such that dwell in the light, whose minds are guided up to God to receive the wisdom from God, to labour in the Creation, whose minds are kept out of the earth, above the earth, up to God, and are come into the wisdom of God, to labour with a single eye, and with a single heart, to serve one another in love, such Levellers that levels down the corruption and the filth, with us are honoured.  
And all such which have been enlightened with the light of Christ, and not knowing nor abiding in the daily cross of Christ, which crucifies the world, and the lusts, and brings to wait on Christ for power and strength, to cleanse the mind, to purify the heart, and to witness the life of Christ, have gotten the truth in motion, and in their vain minds study to comprehend the truth, and boast of words, but do not abide in the doctrine of Christ, to be comprehended into the truth, and to p ssesse the life and substance, but have their wills at liberty, sporting themselves, in the day time, talking of a Virgin state, and separating themselves, man from the wise outwardly, but living in riot and excess, in laughter and folly, in pride and lust, no separation being made in the heart the precious from the vile, the clean from the unclean, nor walking in the steps of Christ, but talk of high things in their airy imaginations, without life, without power, without savour, promising liberty to others, but they themselves serving the lusts of the flesh, the lusts of the Eye, and the pride of life, all such virgins which are harlots, and their virgin state with the light of Christ & the life, which brings out of the lusts out of the earth and redeems to God, and makes pure the heart from all the defilements of women, and to follow the Lamb to the Virgin state whose garments are washed in the blood of the Lamb, where nothing that is not pure can enter, are they seen and comprehended, and their estate known to be in the flesh, and with the life which is eternal, which is not of this world nor in this world, which is raised up through death to the world, and all things of the world are they judged, and with the light which comes from Christ, which leads to the life invisible, eternal, out of all visible and carnal things are they condemned.  
And all such which are turned from the light of jesus Christ within, and follows their own spirits and conceivings, and imaginations, and what they study in their own brain of those words that were from the light declared with the light, all such are comprehended and condemned, their race and their compass is known and seen with the light, and all such we do deny, and in the light we have unity which doth them condemn.  
And all such which are turned from the light which jesus Christ hath enlightened withal, whose minds are in books, and so boasts in their talk of others words which were declared, from the light and speak high and big swelling words, and has men's persons in admiration, all such we do deny with the light of Christ jesus, which with it they are all to be condemned, which light is according to that of God in all Consciences, and to it are we manifest.  
And all such which do observe the commands which Christ hath spoken, the Prophets have spoken, and the Apostles spoke, and are not led with the light which comes from Christ, with the light are they and all their taken on commands condemned, which are taken on in that nature contrary to the light, as the jews and the Pharises did, and such that cry up the Ordinances of God, the Ordinances of Christ, the Temple of the Lord, the Ministers of the Gospel, the preaching of the word; and are not led to know these things with the light which jesus Christ hath enlightened withal in particular, with this light wherewith he hath enlightened every one that come into the world, all they are to be condemned and all their Ordinances and commands, and are such as use their tongues, which acts in the nature contrary to the light, and are not led with an eternal principle of life, to know those words, which were given from the life, so with it they are judged, and the light with it they are condemned; but all such who are are led with the light, and walk in the light, into the Ordinances of Christ, his commands, and with the light come to witness the word and the Gospel, such we own such we witness and honour in our souls.  
And all such which turn from the light of Christ, which is given to every one to lead up to Christ them that wait in it, and direct to Christ them that in it seek to find him and, pretend to be seekers and waiters, and meet together, and there talk of seeking and waiting, but have not their minds turned to the light, nor that eye opened which sees Christ which is the light, which is within, but seeks without, and looks without, seeking the living among the dead, looking for things without, and a day and power to come hereafter, but neglect the day of their visitation which is to day, and not waiting in the light, but talking from their vain wisdom of waiting on Christ, with the light which comes from Christ, which shuts out the wisdom and the reason of man, and puts a stop to the forward will, and stops the running mind, and brings to stand still in the light, and to wait on Christ, whose kingdom is within and comes with observation, who is the substance and the life of all figures and shadows, are they all seen and condemned.  
And all such which are turned from the light which jesus Christ hath enlightened withal, and are in their carnal mind, and the carnal mind imitates crosses, and forms crosses and Images, and worships the name of the Saints, with the light which is a cross to the ground of these crosses; is he the founder of these Images and his Images to be condemned, and the cross is to the ground of all these crosses, which is his condemnation and all his works, he that hath the ear let him hear, and the eye which is the light let him stand still and look and see that which God is confounding, dwelling in the light is a cross to the ground of all the world's crosses, Papists Ranters, Levellers, and all who are in Notions, whose minds are turned from the light of Christ jesus into the earth, such are enemies to the cross and with the light they are all condemned, and in this cross do we rejoice which takes away the foundation of the world, for the Lamb of God is slain while it is standing, so the cross is to that, that which shall change and doth change and pass away and have an end, with that which shall have no end, he that can receive me let him, it that I have unity, and that is it which reads all words that are declared from the life.  
And all who makes a profession of Christ and God, and are drunkards, and are covetous and Idolaters, and adulterers, whore-mongers, with the light which lets see all these things to be contrary to God, with it we do them and their profession deny, for in the light is our unity which brings to deny all deeds of darkness, which is the condemnation of all who lives in the flesh, and follows the lusts of it I speak; and it I witness which shall condemn all such practices.  
And all such which are turned from the light of jesus Christ within, and makes a profession of the words proceeded from the light in others, and of Christ's words the light and the Apostles who were witnesses of the light and had this light in them, and have gotten their words to talk of, and follows Bowls, and Cards, and Dice, and Shovelboard, and Tables, and delighting in Music, Harps, and Viols, which are acted in the first nature, Bearebaitings, Horse-racings, Cudgel plays, Football plays, Leaping, Dance, Wrestle, Fencing, all such practices, boasters, which are such Ranters we deny, as knowing with the light all this to be condemned, and all professors which profess God and Christ and act such things we deny, as knowing them to be the works of the flesh, which are to be condemned with the light.  
And all such that follows Hawking, Hunting, Cock-fighting, stageplays, and all other plays whatsoever, Tennis, Shooting, and other exercises to recreate the vain carnal mind which is out of the fear of God, and lives in the lust of the flesh, and the lusts of the eye, and yet makes a profession, and all such we deny who live in the light of jesus Christ, and with it we see all these works of the flesh and lust, and vainly are to be condemned with it.  
And all such that makes a profession of Christ jesus, and are deceitful in their trading, in their buy and sellings, in their merchandise, which are more than yea, and nay, and are in oaths, all such professors stink before the Lord God, and with the light which comes from Christ which brings to yea and nay, we all such deny, for in it is our unity, which brings to pure comunication, and to the holy conversation, than words are savoury and seasoned with grace, and all such filthy practices we know, are with the light to be condemned.  
And all such teachers which are turned from the light of jesus Christ, and keeps their people from it, and so tells people of a mediate call, mediate means, that the steeplehouse is the Church, Hebrew, Greek and Latin is the Original, which Pilate had, and the natural man may have the words declared from the life into the natural language yet never know the Original, yet never knew the Original from whence they come, and Matthew Mark Luke and john is the Gospel, and sprinkling Infants is the baptism, and bread and wine is the communion, such draws forth the immediate to the mediate, and tell them its the means, so with the immediate are all such judged, and the everlasting Gospel witnessed, and the comunion known in the spirit, and the baptism in the spirit, and the Church in God, and the immediate call, but all the mediate we deny, with the immediate, and see them to be carnal beggarly worldly rudiments and whither, and to be condemned with the light which shall never whither.  
And all such teachers which are turned from the light of jesus Christ we deny, which seek for their gain from their quarter, bear rule by their means, are hirelings, and seeks for the fleece, and makes a prey upon the people, and sue them at the law, and are called of men Master, have the chiefest place in the assemblies, and stand praying in the Synagogues, and takes gifts and rewards, the wages of unrighteousness, and are erred from the spirit, as Balaam was, with the spirit all such we deny, who are in the way of Core, gainsays the truth, and in the way of Cain turned from the pure command, and are in envy with the light which jesus Christ hath enlightened withal, we see such as the Prophets saw, Christ saw, and the Apostles saw, so with the same light as they saw withal, we do see that which they testified against, and that which they denied we deny, for in it we have unity, and all them we deny (praised be God) which we see are for condemnation with the light.  
And all such which are turned from this pure light which Christ jesus hath enlightened withal, and makes a profession of Christ, of God, & lives in the lust, their minds turned into the earth, in the fashions of the world, adorning themselves with gold, platting of the Hair, broidered hoods and Uailes, and round attire like the moon, which can scarce tell how to walk upon the earth, envying one another, and serving lusts and pleasures, sporting themselves, feasting and rioting and professing liberty to all these things, in all these things, these are such that the Apostle spoke of, who while they profess themselves liberty are the servants of corruption, and all such prrfession, and all such liberty we do deny, for with the light we do it see, and that liberty must be limited and condemned, for such are they that crucify the Son of God, which who are made free, are made free by the Son of God, from the bondage of corruption, than the creature shall not groan, which while the bondage of Corruption the Creation groans; who are servants of Corruption, turn from the light, and with the light they are to be condemned, and all that liberty, so all such professors and profession, and such liberty we do deny.  
And all such that are turned from the pure light of jesus Christ which is eternal, and have got a feigned love, a feigned profession, a feigned humility, and a customary false sighing and false groaning, all such with the light we do deny, as seeing they are for condemnation but true humility, true love, and sighing and groaning we own, which is in itself, its self.  
And all such that are turned from the pure light which jesus Christ hath enlightened withal, and makes a profession of God and Christ, and his words, and sues one another at the law, and strive about the earthly things, and wrangle about earthly things, and strive about things that are changeable, and vexing and fretting one another about such things in Courts, Assizes, and Benches and Suits, here you declare where your minds are, and what they are upon, and to, and here you declare that you are out of the doctrine of Christ, and are they that are turned from the light and all such filthy profession and professors, we utterly deny with the light, which is your condemnation.  
And all such teachers and people that are turned from the pure light of Christ within them, and turns the words that were declared from the light into Rhyme and meeter, prophecies, Prayers, Cry, Tremble, makes songs of them to stir up the carnal mind, some part they sing, some part they take and make a prayer of, that part they turn into Rhyme and Meeter and sing then they doff their Hats, which when they read they keep them on; here they worship the work of their own hands, another part of the same mind goes to expound and get money withal, all such as thus abuse the Scripture with their carnal minds, and makes them bend to their own fancies we do utterly deny, for the spirit we witness that gave forth the Scriptures, and we own the words again, and they are ours, and all such prayers, and all such singers, and all such preachers and expounders, with that nature that acts contrary to the light, with the light all such are to be condemned, with the light we see that condemnation is upon all such, in which light we have unity which gathers our hearts together to God, which brings us to witness praying, to witness singing in the spirit, which spirit opens the Scriptures without any private interpretation.  
And all ye that are in wars are turned from the light, from whence rise wars but from the lust, which with the light all wars and that warring nature is to be condemned, for it will lead before wars was, into another kingdom which is not of this world, that which is turned from the sight, wars for the kingdoms of the world, but he that is guided with the light, comes to war against the kingdoms of the world, and with it comes to be led before wars was, and to you this is the word of the living God, he that can receive it let him.  
And all such which are turned from the pure eternal light, which jesus Christ hath enlightened withal, and are in strife about earthly things and Customs, and Laws, and Acts, and one Nations Custom would bring another nation to bend to his Nation's Custom, and one man to have his fancy to reign over another man's fancy, & one man's opinion over another man's opinion, here you are making profelites with the nature out of the truth; And thou that dost reign to gather all nations under thee, and have all bow to thy image, remember Nabuchadnezzar King of Babylon, of the many languages of the many Nations, he lost his kingdom; with the light which comes from Christ which is eternal, which brings out of all Languages into one Language, all this is to be condemned and judged down, which light brings to witness another King, Christ jesus, whose kingdom and dominion endures for ever, who dashes to pieces all those dead stones, and gathers together the living stones, who doth redeem out of Languages, out of People, out of tongues, out of kindreds, makes Priests and Kings to reign upon the earth, praised be God, Christ jesus is, come to reign; and coming to reign, and with this light which lets see all these thing conscrary to the light, Customs, Traditions, Opinions who live in, and yet make a profession of God and Christ, and profess liberty, and are delivered to act all such things, are in the nature contracted to God, and with the light them and all those things we do deny.  
And all such that turn from the light of Christ jesus and lives in the earthly wisdom, and would have others bow down to them, and would have the earth honoured, and the earthly honoured, and yet profess Christ and God, and are in the evil communication and teacheth it; that you must not say yea at first word, but nay and then take a thing, that's manners; here you are in the evil and your manners, are corrupt and all your manners I deny, for evil communication doth corrupt the good manners, and thou that art more in thy communications then yea and nay, thou art in the evil thou art not in the good manners, but in the evil comunication corrupted, o with the light thou art to be condemned, thy communication and thy manners, and thy profession to be deceit, and a lying tongue is found in thee, which is abhored with God.  
And all ye Merchants who have great traffic by Sea and Land, and all ye which do change the creatures, which are above yea and nay, if ye make a profession of Christ. we deny you, your manners is corrupt and you and your profession is to be condemned out of the doctrine of Christ, therefore silence all flesh, before the Lord God, who makes a profession of the Lord jesus Christ his words, and Apostles words, and Prophet's words and are contrary to his doctrine, with his light you are to be condemned from him to it in you all, I speak which lets you see your communication and conversation; for being yea and nay in your communication here you are all kept in the good manners, you are all trained up to and in the holy conversation which is without spot, and the conversation must be in heaven, and the conversation is in Heaven who comes to walk here.  
And to all you which are turned from the light, the word of the Lord, I do charge you & command you in the presence of the living God, ye Merchants ye Traffiquers, ye Shopkeepers, ye Tradesmen of all sorts whatsoever, to the light of Christ jesus in all your consciences, wherewith he hath enlightened you take heed, and it love and mind, that with it you may see in all your common occasions when you are more than yea, and nay, ye go into the evil, ye go into yourself ends, yea go into the corrupt manners, ye go into the filthy communications, and the wicked conversation, and lay aside all guile and deceit, and speak not that of your commodities which they are not, to dissemble, to lie, and to cheat and deceive the simple to get gain to yourselves, but make your price reasonable and be at a word to the poor and to the rich, to the wise and the simple, and what the word is let it stand, let your yea be yea, lest a lie be found in your mouths, and let all your Trade and Traffic and Merchandise be for those things that are useful and serviceable in the creation and not to feed the lusts, or delight the vain mind, that ye may not burden the Creation but may be serviceable in your genereation and not to feed, he that walks otherwise, and makes a profession of God and Christ his Religion is viane, and his profession is abomination to the Lord, and with the light he is condemned from amongst all the children of the light, you that profess what you are not ye, are Hyprocrites, and have not the life that gave forth the Scriptures, therefore with it you are judged; Awake awake all people and come unto the light wherewith Christ jesus hath enlightened you, that with it you may see what you do profess, and I charge you and command you in the presence of the living God to profess no more than you do profess and walk in.  
And all such who are turned from the pure light of Christ into vain jangling, vain contention and strife about those words that were declared from the light and life; and jangling about those words that were declared from the life and light, with the life and light are all such judged and condemned, and those words seen plainly that from it were given forth, and all such that would go about to make senses of those words, that were given forth from the light and life, with the light that leads out of sense up to God, from whence words did proceed all, they and their senses are condemned with the light, and their profession in that nature that acts contrary to the light.  
And all such that are turned from the light which Christ jesus hath enlightened withal, and do respect persons, such are out of the faith of our Lord jesus Christ, and profess dominion and dignity, and respect persons, such cast the law of God behind their backs, which respects no man's persons, such would have flattering titles, and give flattering titles to man, such are not respected with the maker the Lord of Heaven and Earth, and such do not respect him, as it is written in job.  
And all such that make a profession and live in that nature, it's openly seen they are out of the doctrine of Christ, but the law we own, which is perfect according to that of God in all consciences, which respects no man's person, and the faith of our Lord jesus Christ we own which is without respect of Persons.  
And all such which are turned from the light of Christ and makes a profession of his words, and lives in bending and bowing one to another, and in it taking Pride Cap. and Knee, and he that doth not deny the light, and worship with them in that worship, such are hated and envied, and scorned and scoffed at, now with the light which Christ jesus hath enlightened withal, which brings us to deny all the worships of the world, which brings us to worship God in spirit and in truth with it all such respects and such profession are condemned. And all such which turns from the light of Christ jesus within and hears it not but lives in hardness of heart, and Oppression and Pride, and Ambition gathering the earth together and makes themselves Lords over the creatures, and oppress with great fines and rents, and live in fullness Dives like and feed themselves so fat they can hardly go, and with their  they dress themselves, that they can hardly tell how to walk, when the other scarce have Bread or Clothes, and yet they make a profession of Christ jesus, and say that they exalt him, here the devil is exalted the King of Pride and Oppression, and the lying tongue is found in their mouths. And such men gets the earth under their hands, in whom the devourer rules, and the curse is upon it, and keep it under their hands from the people from dressing of it, and it doth not yield her encreas; & none who are here waits for the Restoration of the Creation, but some Creatures are lost for want of the Creatures, and some creatures are destroyed for want of ordering, where this wisdom reigns and rules in the earthly, which is earthly, sensual and devilish, in the nature which acts contrary to the light, with the light are all such professors to be condemned, and with it they are seen, they have not the life that gave forth the scriptures; such cannot witness Christ jesus but by hear say, such swells in the vanity, such swells against the poor, such swells against the needy, and the contrite heart, such despises them who walk in the fear of God, and are growing into the life that gave forth the Scriptures, such professors and profession we deny, they have long cumbered the ground, such are harlotted from the truth, and such gets the earth under their hands, Commons, Wastes and Forest, and Fels, and Moors, and Mountains, and lets it lie waste, and calls themselves Lords of it, and keeps it from the pe ple, when so many are ready to starve and beg; with the light that comes from Christ, which brings to Christ, all such that are destroyers of the Creatures of the Creation, are condemned, and all earthly minds, and all who for self ends acts contrary to the light; And all whose minds are single, and with the light guided, and receives the pure wisdom from above, such are fit to order and rule, to give the earth its liberty, that it may come to enjoy her Saboths and yield her increase: But, all such as make a profession of the words declared from the light, and are in the selfish principle, such are not fit to rule, that are in the wisdom which is earthly, but with the light which leads into the fear of God, which is the beginning of the pure wisdom, all that is to be condemned, by which all things comes to be ordered, and by nothing that is earthly, but with the just all that is judged, to the light in all your consciences I speak, that with it all your minds may be turned to God, and come to grow into the life, that gave forth the Scriptures, that every one may come to possess what you do profess, for all profession whatsoever the manner of it is without the life, Opinions, Sects, they are all in that nature that acts contrary to the light, and with the light which never changeth, all such we do deny.  
And all such that turn from the light, that turn from the command of God, turn into cain's way, and all such as have had mighty openings by the spirit, and have erred from it and then such set up to be teachers for gift, and rewards, and wages, all such we do deny, who goes after the error of Balaam, such are they that lay stumbling blocks before them that dwell in their tents, such are for the sword, such their fruit whither, therefore to the light in you all I speak which never changeth, that with it all that may be judged with that which never changeth for all that we utterly deny.  
And all such that are turned from the light of Christ within, which say they are guifted men and experienced men, and goes forth into the w●rld and 〈◊〉 people they are guifted, and have so much a piece for speaking their gift, here they are liars, they have not received the gift of God, which cannot be bought and sold for money, and with the light an such are to be condemned which doth never change.  
And all such as are turned from the light of Christ jesus, which have gotten words in their brain, and calls them experiences, and have had some flashes, and have some conceivings and let one another of these experiences, sometimes with a Tobacco pipe in their mouths taking Tobacco in the lust and sometime as they are drinking in in alehouses, these are the evil beasts which the scriptures speaks of, that live in the lusts of the flesh these are such as defile the flesh, and speak through the lusts of the flesh, all such experiences, and such meetings, and such declaring of experiences, with the light and life that gave forth the scriptures, whose words were savoury and seasoned, we utterly deny, and witness the light in which we have union and fellowship one with another, and with God, and the Son, who testified against all the world, that the works of it were evil, and with his light we do the same.  
And all such that do not own the light, which Christ jesus hath enlightened withal, to guide them, to lead them into the life, that gave forth the scriptures, but with that nature that hates the light, do make the profession of the scripture, and would be satisfied in things of the spirit and the scripture; that is it which must go empty away; and that is he which would know, and not do, and that is he which is approved of men, but not of God, and this is he whose prayers are abomination to God, with his light which comes from him are all these seen, and with it they are condemned, and all such we deny, who dwells in the light which comes from God, which is eternal; the father of light.  
And all such which do not walk in the light which comes from jesus Christ, but are turned from it, and judges for rewards, such their eye is blinded which is the light, with the earth. And all such that takes tithes of the people, which denies the unchangeable priest, and holds up the figure and brings Caesar their cloak to hold up the figure, and yet make a profession of Christ, oh horrible filthy, are men past feeling, is the sensible part gone, all such profesors of Christ and God, such cunning deceivers which makes words their cloak, with the light which Christ jesus hath enlightened us withal we deny, which brings us to witness the unchangeable, with it we do witness the figure of Christ in its place, and with it Caesar in his place shall have his due, and with it we do witness the end of the figure Christ jesus the substance. And all such as hold up the figure, we do utterly deny, as seeing and knowing they are to be condemned who live in those changeable things, with that which doth not change, and to you this is the word of God, and the law we do own which is according to the light of Christ in every man's conscience, which law respects no man's person.  
And all such which profess themselves Christian Magistrates, and say they own Christ, and they do exalt him, and are in envy and persecution, and persecute them that declare against deceit, and pride, and lust, and such as the Prophets, Christ and his Apostles cried against, all such Professors and Profession which is acted in that nature contrary to the light, all this is with the light to be condemned; for with the light it is to be seen to be out of the doctrine of Christ; and all you that are there in such actions, you have a name that you live, but you are dead, with the life you are judged, and with the light condemned, and such we deny with the light in which is the unity.  
And all you which do not wait to be guided by the light of Christ that with it your minds may be led and directed to God to stand in his Council, but are making Laws and Acts and Bonds in that nature that acteth contrary to this light in the Conscience, and then makes a profession, with this nature, of those words that were declared from the eternal spirit of God, and so lives in these things that are acted contrary to the light which is eternal, now with the light which is eternal and never changeth is all this comprehended fathomed and condemned, and the Law of God witnessed which is perfect, which endures for ever; which who walks in it, shall grow up as a free planted by the River of water, whose leaf shall never fade nor fall, but you that are wicked are not so, you are turned from the light, your fruit withers, and you are tossed too and fro like the chaff, for you are turned from that which is eternal to the changeable in the changeable things, for the Law of God serves all ages, which is according to that of God in every man's conscience, which is the same in all ages, it endures for ever.  
And all you that are not led by the light of jesus Christ, which he hath enlightened you withal, which has the letter which from it was declared; which are such teachers and professors which say none shall have the infallible judgement, none shall come to have the eternal spirit of God as the Apostles had; all your profession we do deny with the same eternal spirit that gave forth the scriptures, and with the light all such are condemned, whatsoever profession they are of, Sect or Opinion, that walk not in the light, and have not the life that gave forth the Scriptures, with the light they are all condemned, wherein we have unity.  
And all you that are turned from the light which Christ jesus hath enlightened you withal, though you may profess the words declared from the light, and their commands which they obeyed, and yet not led by  same light, with it the light you are to be condemned.  
And you that are turned from the light, which Christ jesus hath enlightened you withal, you are in the self righteousness, you are turned from the Lord our righteousness, who are out of the light, and hate the light, and with the light you are to be condemned, and your righteousness.  
From him who is a lover of your souls, a lover of the Seed, a lover of the Creation for the establishing of the righteous Law, and setting up of righteousness, and cleansing the land of evil doers, which the righteous law takes hold upon, which is perfect according to that of God in all consciences, and is against such as act contrary to the light of God in the conscience, who is a lover of peace and unity, in that which never changeth, in that which comprehends time, in that which sees out of time, from which love proceeds, where all the children of God in the light meet in one judgement and mind; which light is the condemnation of the world; in which light they walk, where there is no strife, not war for the earth, nor about the earth, but from the earth such are redeemed to God the Lord, whose the earth is, who is come to reign, and coming to reign, Glory g ory to God Almight for ever, who liveth and reigneth and endureth forever. This is witnessed amongst them whom the world scornfully calls Quakers, and the light is ours which shall condemn the world, and them which do profess what they are not: To the light of Christ in you all I speak, that with it you may see yourselves, there is your Teacher that will not lie, which will concondemn you if you do lie which will witness me eternally, & condemn you that hate it, and show you all the way to salvation that love it, and from Christ, from whence it doth come, which is the way to the Father, and to you all this is the word of God, and love and peace to your souls, and a visitation.  
And lay aside all your profession in words, and have not the life; for you are worse than they that make no profession: for you have a cloak, you are worse than the Publican, the open sinner which sees himself quickly, which is more justified, with that which lets him see himself, than you that stand up in your self-profession: with that light which comes from Christ, all self, and all corruption and sin is judged and condemned, and nothing is justified but what is sanctified and nothing is glorified but what is justified, and so all every where r add yourselves, to the light in all your consciences I speak, that with it you may see yourselves, where you are, what you have been, what you are, whom you serve, whom you worship, and whether you know the Father of light, or had known there had been such a one, if the Scripture had not spoken of such a one, with the light that knowledge is condemned, for its death that talks of the same, which knowledge is outward; and whether you had known there had been a holy Ghost if the Scripture had not spoken of the holy Ghost, or whether you had known there had been a Christ, if the Scripture had not spoken of Christ: And whether you had known there had been a Gospel if the Scripture had not spoken of the Gospel, to the light of Christ I speak, it will let you see what you do possess of the life that was before the Scripture was given forth, for the word was, and the light was before the Scripture was, the chapter is not the light, nor the verse is not the light, nor the word, but from the word, from the light and from the life were the Scriptures declared; and with the light, and with the word, and in the life, they are all owned again: and all that make a trade of them, with the light, and with the life, and with the word, are all such denied. And all such as hold up an outward Temple, their minds eaten turned from the light of Christ within, which brings to witness the temple of the holy Ghost, and worships that which is turned from the light of Christ, which speak their imaginations upon the words declared from the light, these are the cage of unclean birds, these are they that do persecute, these are they that paint themselves, and such are the harlots, the well-favoured harlots, and build the Tombs of the Prophets and the Apostles, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous; but with the light which Christ Jesus hath enlightened withal, which comes from him, all such actions and practices, and such a profession from God is seen and condemned, With all the children of light, who are of God, and to you all this is the word of God.  
This I command you all in the presence of the living God, to walk in the light that Christ Jesus hath enlightened you withal, that with it you may all come to see Christ, and walk in the light and life, as the Saints did, which from it the Scripture proceeded, and walking every one in the light and life in measure, you will come to witness those words fulfilled, that were given forth from the life, and the substance of them possess, which has been so long professed; then there will be no more, Lo here is Christ, Lo there is Christ, and toto all this is the word of God, you that of God in you all I speak, that with it your minds may be stayed upon God, and that you may come to witness your souls quickened with the living power which raises it up out of death, and throws down the earth, and wait in the light which comes from Christ that this you may come to enjoy in life, substance and power which will lead you out of form and words, to the life that gave forth the words; for who have the words and not the life, from it are strangers, and with it are to be judged, for so to it I speak, that you may see what you have more than words, if you have not it with the light, you 〈◊〉 to be condemned.  
G. F.